Every two years the MSHSL reclassifies teams into new competitive sections. Every school in the MSHSL reports new enrollments to the Minnesota Department of Education on October 1st. The MDE releases these enrollments in February and teams are ranked by enrollment to put into classes. Changes in enrollment, new programs, and the formation or dissolution of cooperative agreements in the last two years lead to changes in the section assignments. As few changes as possible are made as many teams already have 17-18 schedules in place. Lists of the assignments are below.

The Process Classes

Class assignments are determined by enrollment.

Schools with at least 50% Free and Reduced Lunch can appeal to the Athletic Director Advisory Committee to drop down 1 class in team sports

Schools who feel they belong in a higher class can "Opt-Up".

Schools within 10% of a class cut-off or who feel they have “special circumstances” can appeal to the Athletic Director Advisory Committee to drop down 1 class in team sports

Sections

Start with existing placements.

Move as few schools as possible.

Section placement is determined by geography. Schools have asked to reduce travel as much as possible.

Geographic Sections should not overlap (as the crow flies).

Sections should be numerically balanced within a class.

Competitive Success is NOT a factor.

When assignments are made, the maps of Administrative Regions are used as templates.

There are no appeals to the placements, however there are three ways these could change:

A school drops an activity.

A school adds an activity.

A cooperative agreement is formed or dissolved.When adds and drops occur, or coops are changed, sections are not rebalanced, only the school making the change is moved.

Every assignment was made by one person, Chris Franson at the MSHSL. Chris is the League's IT person and used the same process for all 8000+ assignments and all 74 maps. Once the assignments were complete, many eyes reviewed the assignments to make sure the process was followed according to the Class Competition Policy. It was reviewed by the League Staff Member responsible for each activity. The Athletic Director Advisory Committee spent a day at the League Office reviewing every placement. The MSHSL Board of Directors had a meeting where they reviewed the placements and verified that the policy was followed.

Section assignments are for the post-season only. Schools can continue to schedule regular season contests as they always have. Two years ago the maps were redrawn from scratch and this time maps were adjusted to bring sections back into numerical balance. As a result, of the roughly 8000 teams in the MSHSL, less than 10% of the teams changed class or section. The next 2 year cycle is another adjustment and then 4 years from now, maps will be redrawn from scratch again.

Class A (203 teams; enrollment 1-244)

SECTION 1ABethlehem Academy - 143Blooming Prairie High School - 173Caledonia High School - 214Christian Life School** - 51 Christian Life Academy - 49 Corley Christian Home School - N/A Eide Home School - 1 Hillside Home School - 1 Olson Home School - 1Fillmore Central High School - 165Glenville-Emmons High School - 55Goodhue High School - 188Grand Meadow High School - 119Hayfield High School - 201Hope Lutheran High School** - 27+ Hope Lutheran High School - 27 Lee Home School - N/A Rohde Home School - N/AHouston High School - 104Kingsland High School - 137Lanesboro High School - 87LeRoy-Ostrander High School - 62Lewiston-Altura High School - 235Lyle-Pacelli** - 99 Austin Pacelli High School - 69 Lyle High School - 59Mabel-Canton High School - 72Medford High School - 237Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf - 30Randolph High School - 148Rushford-Peterson High School - 195Schaeffer Academy - 100Southland High School - 155Spring Grove High School - 101Wabasha-Kellogg High School - 174

SECTION 3AAdrian High School - 164Canby High School - 150Central MN Christian - 93Dawson-Boyd High School - 141E.C.H.O. Charter School - 38Edgerton High School - 93Ellsworth High School - 40Fulda High School - 108Hendricks H.S. - 17Heron Lake-Okabena - 109Hills-Beaver Creek High School - 91Lac qui Parle Valley High School - 182Lakeview High School - 191MACCRAY High School - 123Minneota High School - 186Murray County Central High School - 190Red Rock Central High School - 122Renville County West High School - 126Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School - 130Southwest Minnesota Christian - 90Tracy-Milroy-Balaton High School - 216Wabasso High School - 130Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School** - 101 Nettiewyynnt Home School - 1 Westbrook-Walnut Grove H.S. - 100Windom Area High School - 235Yellow Medicine East H.S. - 189

SECTION 5AAtwater-Cosmos-Grove City H.S. - 220Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa H.S. - 180Benson High School - 210Bertha-Hewitt High School - 109Braham High School - 184Browerville - Eagle Valley** - 166 Browerville High School - 140 Eagle Valley High School - 51East Central H.S.** - 172 East Central High School - 164 Harvest Christian School - 15Hinckley-Finlayson High School - 198Isle High School - 115Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg H.S. - 145Kimball Area High School - 206Laporte High School - 62Long Prairie-Grey Eagle H.S. - 230Nevis High School - 153Ogilvie High School - 97Onamia High School - 109Osakis High School - 222Pillager High School - 242Pine River-Backus High School - 190Royalton High School - 238Rush City High School - 228Saint Cloud Christian School** - 70+ Loven Homeschool - N/A Picconatto Home School - N/A St. Cloud Christian School - 70 Tessen Home School - N/ASwanville High School - 75Upsala High School - 101Verndale High School - 132Walker-Hackensack-Akeley H.S. - 170

SECTION 6AAshby H.S./Destiny Academy** - 65 Ashby High School - 61 Destiny Academy - 7Barnesville High School - 225Battle Lake High School - 138Brandon-Evansville High School - 103Breckenridge High School - 212Campbell-Tintah/Fairmount, ND** - 32+ Campbell-Tintah High School - 32 Fairmount (ND)Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley H.S. - 84Frazee High School - 208Hancock High School - 82Henning High School - 123Hillcrest Lutheran Academy** - 183+ Heikes Home School - 1 Hillcrest Lutheran Academy - 182 Seidel Home School - N/ALake Park-Audubon - 180Menahga High School - 189New York Mills High School - 182NCE/UH Titans** - 113 Norman County East High School - 74 Ulen-Hitterdal High School - 76Ortonville High School - 157Park Christian** - 118+ Harris Home School - N/A Park Christian High School - 118Parkers Prairie High School - 162Pelican Rapids High School - 201Rothsay High School - 63Sebeka High School - 120Underwood High School - 145Wadena-Deer Creek High School - 227West Central Area School - 176Wheaton-Herman-Norcross** - 126 Herman-Norcross High School - 28 Wheaton High School - 112

SECTION 7ABarnum High School - 209Bigfork High School - 59Carlton High School - 139Cherry High School - 91Chisholm High School - 180Cook County High School - 155Cromwell-Wright High School - 92Deer River High School - 170Ely High School - 154Floodwood High School - 69Fond du Lac Ojibwe High School - 37Hill City High School - 65Lakeview Christian Academy** - 73+ Lakeview Christian Academy - 73 Runquist Home School - N/ALittlefork-Big Falls High School - 96McGregor High School - 95Mesabi East High School - 228Moose Lake/Willow River** - 229 Moose Lake High School - 174 Willow River High School - 109Mountain Iron-Buhl High School - 126Nashwauk-Keewatin High School - 138North Woods High School - 164Northeast Range High School - 83Northland High School - 71Silver Bay (Wm. Kelley) High School - 109South Ridge High School - 137Wrenshall High School - 89

SECTION 8AAda-Borup High School - 145Badger/GB-MR** - 147 Badger High School - 61 Greenbush-Middle River H.S. - 116Blackduck High School - 147Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School - 23Cass Lake-Bena High School - 158Clearbrook-Gonvick High School - 105Climax/Fisher** - 104 Climax High School - 56 Fisher High School - 76Fertile-Beltrami High School - 124Fosston High School - 177Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke** - 68 Goodridge High School - 48 Grygla-Gatzke High School - 40Indus High School - 26Kittson County Central** - 99 Kittson Central High School - 80 Lancaster High School - 38Lake of the Woods H.S. - 112Mahnomen High School - 113Norman County West High School - 67Northern Freeze** - 122 Marshall County Central H. S. - 95 Tri-County High School - 53Northome/Kelliher** - 68 Kelliher High School - 46 Northome High School - 43Red Lake County Central - 87Red Lake Falls High School - 94Red Lake High School - 170Sacred Heart High School** - 90 Rudolph Home School - 1 Sacred Heart High School - 89Stephen-Argyle Central High School - 81Warren-Alvarado-Oslo High School - 98Waubun High School - 108Win-E-Mac High School - 103

Class AA (125 teams; enrollment 245-789)

SECTION 1AAByron High School - 525Cannon Falls High School - 324Chatfield High School - 247Cotter High School - 289Dover-Eyota High School - 316Kasson-Mantorville High School - 585La Crescent High School - 386Lake City High School - 362Pine Island High School - 351Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School - 433Red Wing High School - 692Rochester Lourdes High School - 434St. Charles High School - 270Stewartville High School - 514Triton High School - 290Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School - 311

SECTION 2AABelle Plaine High School** - 440 Belle Plaine High School - 437 Holy Family Academy - 6Blue Earth Area High School - 302Fairmont High School - 464Glencoe-Silver Lake High School - 451Holy Family Catholic High School - 394Jordan High School - 496Kenyon-Wanamingo High School - 245Le Sueur-Henderson** - 325 LeSueur-Henderson High School - 282 Minnesota New Country School - 86Maple River High School - 281Norwood-Young America High School - 314Shattuck-Saint Mary's - 432Sibley East High School - 325Southwest Christian - 329St. Peter High School - 502Tri-City United High School - 485Waseca High School - 555

SECTION 3AAEden Valley-Watkins High School - 246Jackson County Central High School - 327Litchfield High School - 431Luverne High School - 344Marshall High School - 704Minnewaska Area H.S. - 285Montevideo High School - 329Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta** - 299 Chokio-Alberta High School - 36 Morris Area School - 281New London-Spicer High School - 365New Ulm High School - 599Paynesville Area High School - 264Pipestone Area High School - 262Redwood Valley High School - 291Saint James Area** - 294 Butterfield-Odin High School - 54 St. James High School - 267Worthington High School - 663

SECTION 5AABlake School - 523Breck School - 478Brooklyn Center High School - 336Columbia Heights High School - 626Delano High School - 772DeLaSalle High School - 781FAIR School** - 245+ FAIR School - 210 Heritage Academy - N/A Fridley High School - 669International School/Eagle Ridge** - 331 Eagle Ridge Academy - 226 Groves Academy - 79 International School of MN - 131Minneapolis Edison High School - 644Mound Westonka High School - 614Providence Academy - 318Rockford High School - 438St. Anthony Village High School - 653Totino-Grace High School - 734Watertown-Mayer High School - 476

SECTION 6AAAlbany High School - 481Annandale High School - 492Dassel-Cokato High School - 577Foley High School - 553Holdingford High School - 308Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted H.S. - 288Little Falls High School - 659Maple Lake High School - 277Melrose Area High School - 480Milaca High School - 460Pierz High School - 347Rocori High School - 732Sauk Centre High School - 304Spectrum High School - 318St. Cloud Cathedral High School - 438Zimmerman High School - 589

SECTION 7AAAitkin High School - 284Cloquet High School - 594Duluth Denfeld High School - 666Esko High School - 346Eveleth-Gilbert High School - 266Greenway High School - 269Hermantown High School - 629Hibbing High School - 569International Falls H.S. - 335Marshall School, Duluth - 282Mora High School - 425North Branch High School - 776Pine City High School - 444Proctor High School - 485Two Harbors High School - 327Virginia High School - 374

SECTION 8AABagley High School - 247Crookston High School - 286Crosby-Ironton High School - 290Detroit Lakes High School - 737Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton H.S. - 364East Grand Forks High School - 489Fergus Falls High School - 596Hawley High School - 276Park Rapids Area High School - 371Pequot Lakes High School - 494Perham High School - 421Roseau High School - 305Staples Motley High School - 311Thief River Falls High School - 546Warroad High School - 283

Class AAA (93 teams; enrollment 790+)

SECTION 1AAAAlbert Lea High School - 790Austin High School - 1109Faribault High School - 1004Farmington High School - 1894Lakeville North High School - 1717Lakeville South High School - 1721Northfield H.S.** - 1256 Arcadia Charter School - 65 EdVisions Off Campus High School - 80 Northfield High School - 1183Owatonna High School - 1276Rochester Century High School - 1307Rochester John Marshall - 1424Rochester Mayo High School - 1434Winona High School - 840

SECTION 2AAAChanhassen High School - 1635Chaska High School - 1270Eden Prairie High School - 2804Hutchinson High School - 840Mankato East High School - 970Mankato West High School - 1054Minnetonka High School - 3044New Prague High School - 1250Prior Lake High School - 2466Shakopee High School - 2143Waconia High School - 1152

SECTION 3AAAApple Valley High School - 1392Cretin-Derham Hall High School - 1145Eagan High School - 1910East Ridge High School - 1726Eastview High School - 2058Hastings High School - 1343Henry Sibley High School - 1190Park High School - 1587Rosemount High School - 2058Simley High School - 950South Saint Paul High School - 799St. Paul Highland Park - 1037

SECTION 4AAACentennial High School - 1888Irondale High School - 1404Mahtomedi High School - 1136Mounds View High School - 1712North High School - 1399Roseville Area High School - 1903Spring Lake Park High School - 1306St. Paul Central High School - 1406Stillwater Area High School - 2595Tartan High School - 1347White Bear Lake Area High School - 1995Woodbury High School - 1776

SECTION 5AAABuffalo High School - 1725Champlin Park High School - 2415Coon Rapids High School - 1647Maple Grove High School - 2170Orono High School - 928Osseo High School - 1620Park Center High School - 1501Robbinsdale Cooper High School - 1168Rogers High School - 1472St. Michael-Albertville H.S. - 1804Wayzata High School - 3120

SECTION 6AAABenilde-St. Margaret's School - 892Bloomington Jefferson High School - 1556Bloomington Kennedy High School - 1290Burnsville High School - 2191Edina High School - 2626Hopkins High School - 1838Minneapolis South High School - 1381Minneapolis Southwest High School - 1545Minneapolis Washburn High School - 1379Richfield High School - 844Robbinsdale Armstrong High School - 1699St. Louis Park High School - 1240

SECTION 7AAAAndover High School - 1638Anoka High School - 2075Blaine High School - 2658Cambridge-Isanti High School - 1302Chisago Lakes High School - 1017Duluth East High School - 1378Elk River High School - 1500Forest Lake High School - 1874Grand Rapids High School - 972Princeton High School - 894St. Francis High School - 1303

SECTION 8AAAAlexandria Area High School** - 1133 Alexandria Area High School - 1120 New Testament Christian School - 26Becker High School - 822Bemidji High School - 1179Big Lake High School - 835Brainerd High School - 1640Monticello High School - 1061Moorhead High School - 1514Sartell-Saint Stephen High School - 1129Sauk Rapids-Rice High School - 1183St. Cloud Apollo High School - 1097St. Cloud Tech High School - 1195Willmar High School - 960